Shannon_Foraker wrote:I'd say that Sonja's politics have moderated since the court-martial. After all, she and Shannon get along, despiteCA Honorverse wiki entry wrote:Their foreign policy was isolationist, seeing involvement in foreign affairs as risky and dangerous.
She also is able to be in a meeting with those who don't share her political views and not restart a war, as of ART.
She's a much saner CA peer than High Ridge, even at her worst (HoS, with the near-duel incident), in my opinion.
Despite her not enjoying politics, could she potentially someday lead a saner and more moderate CA? Or would she lean toward another party?
New CA (under someone with a good brain)policy could extend to being friends with Haven and the SEM's allies.
As I don't remember Hemphill being particularly politically involved - it wasn't a core component of her identity - she was more interested in the Navy, naval theory, and weapons development.
As best I recall she was a member of the Conservatives not because of any deeply held belief but because her family, and extended family, were Conservatives and thus she just more or less defaulted into that party. (And as politics weren't her focus probably nothing had come along to make her focus any significant thought on her leanings there)
I'm not sure if she's since acquired enough interest in politics (nor been convinced politics would be her duty; even in the face of lack of interest) to really be a leader in the future CA